sandsoap
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]sandsoap (countable and uncountable, plural sandsoaps)
- A kind of soap with embedded grains of sand, giving it a coarse, gritty texture, and used for exfoliation or for scrubbing residue from smooth surfaces such as pots and pans.
- 1922, Joseph Hergesheimer, Mountain Blood[1]:
- He filled a basin with water, and, with an old brush and piece of sandsoap, attacked the stove.
- 1988, Mary Steele, Mallyroot's Pub at Misery Ponds, Ringwood: Puffin Books, page 71:
- Pa and the two children washed and polished all the windows, and Henry scrubbed B. Singlet's sign with sandsoap and a brush.